It's been mentioned here before, but I don't think the issue was ever fully resolved, as it isn't in society as a whole either. From the BBC: It may seem like harmless fun to a 15-year-old wanting to impress their new boyfriend or girlfriend. But the practice of sexting - sending nude or semi-nude images of oneself to others via mobile phones - is having unintended and, in some cases, tragic consequences. The risk of having one's private pictures distributed among schoolmates or uploaded on to social-networking websites is only one part of it. It could also lead to a criminal conviction as a sex offender for any teenager who forwards them on to someone else... 'Dangerous precedent' One such case has ended up in a court in Pennsylvania and is being closely watched by interested groups across the US. The route to the courthouse began when several pictures of pupils in various states of undress were discovered on other pupils' phones by staff at the local school in Tunkhannock. The phones were handed to Wyoming County district attorney George Skumanick, who decided to act. He had been particularly alarmed by the case of Jessica Logan, an 18-year-old from Ohio who took her own life after pictures she sent of herself to her boyfriend ended up in the hands of fellow pupils. Mr Skumanick offered the Tunkhannock pupils in question, around 20 of them, a six-month education programme to learn more about the consequences of their actions - and to help them avoid a child pornography charge. Three girls - and their parents - refused to sign up, and are now suing Mr Skumanick with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Mr Skumanick said he thought he was being "innovative and progressive" when he offered the youngsters the classes. "I didn't have to give them this opportunity. I could have just charged them," he told the BBC... On the one hand, I don't think a person should be charged for sending pictures of themselves or for a person receiving them. However, for the people who weren't intended to get the pictures at all, it gets more complicated; did they get them knowing that the person who posed for it didn't want them to have it? And all the name calling and such is definitely wrong and I think the idea of classes makes sense. But were all the people who were sent to the classes aware that the person in question didn't want those pictures to be seen by anyone but her boyfriend? There's also the issue that it's one thing to see a picture and another to start insulting the person who posed. Lots of issues here...
